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Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers

9–6Final · Apr 9, 2003
KC 9 DET 6 Final
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KC6-01050300009120
DET0-7001005000661

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Lineup Change
  2. Top 1 M Tucker batting
  3. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  6. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
  7. Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
  8. Top 1 M Tucker walked.
  9. Top 1 J Randa batting
  10. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  11. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  12. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
  13. Top 1 M Tucker to second on wild pitch by J Bonderman.
  14. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
  15. Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  16. Top 1 Pitch 6: in play
  17. Top 1 J Randa popped out to first.
  18. Top 1 M Sweeney batting
  19. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  20. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  21. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
  22. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
  23. Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
  24. Top 1 M Sweeney walked.
  25. Top 1 R Ibanez batting
  26. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  27. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  28. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  29. Top 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  30. Top 1 Pitch 5: in play
  31. Top 1 R Ibanez grounded into fielder's choice to second, M Sweeney out at second, M Tucker to third.
  32. Top 1 K Harvey batting
  33. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  34. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  35. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
  36. Top 1 M Tucker scored, R Ibanez to second on wild pitch by J Bonderman.
  37. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
  38. Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
  39. Top 1 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  40. Top 1 K Harvey struck out swinging.
  41. Bot 1 B Higginson batting
  42. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  43. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  44. Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
  45. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 4
  46. Bot 1 B Higginson walked.
  47. Bot 1 O Infante batting
  48. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  49. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  50. Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
  51. Bot 1 O Infante fouled out to right.
  52. Bot 1 C Pena batting
  53. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  54. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  55. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  56. Bot 1 C Pena struck out swinging.
  57. Bot 1 D Young batting
  58. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  59. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  60. Bot 1 B Higginson caught stealing second, catcher to second.
  61. Top 2 D Brown batting
  62. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  63. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  64. Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
  65. Top 2 D Brown grounded out to shortstop.
  66. Top 2 B Mayne batting
  67. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  68. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
  69. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  70. Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
  71. Top 2 B Mayne doubled to right center.
  72. Top 2 A Berroa batting
  73. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  74. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
  75. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  76. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
  77. Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 4
  78. Top 2 A Berroa walked.
  79. Top 2 C Febles batting
  80. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  81. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  82. Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
  83. Top 2 C Febles grounded into double play, shortstop to first to shortstop to first, A Berroa out at second.
  84. Bot 2 D Young batting
  85. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  86. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  87. Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  88. Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  89. Bot 2 D Young struck out looking.
  90. Bot 2 D Palmer batting
  91. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  92. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  93. Bot 2 D Palmer grounded out to shortstop.
  94. Bot 2 E Munson batting
  95. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  96. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  97. Bot 2 E Munson popped out to shallow left.
  98. Top 3 M Tucker batting
  99. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  100. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  101. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
  102. Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
  103. Top 3 M Tucker singled to right.
  104. Top 3 J Randa batting
  105. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  106. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  107. Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
  108. Top 3 J Randa singled to center, M Tucker to third.
  109. Top 3 M Sweeney batting
  110. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  111. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  112. Top 3 M Sweeney hit sacrifice fly to left, M Tucker scored.
  113. Top 3 R Ibanez batting
  114. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  115. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  116. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  117. Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
  118. Top 3 R Ibanez singled to center, J Randa to second.
  119. Top 3 K Harvey batting
  120. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  121. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  122. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
  123. Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
  124. Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 4
  125. Top 3 K Harvey walked, J Randa to third, R Ibanez to second.
  126. Top 3 D Brown batting
  127. Top 3 Lineup Change
  128. Top 3 Lineup Change
  129. Top 3 W Ledezma relieved J Bonderman.
  130. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  131. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  132. Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
  133. Top 3 D Brown homered to right center, J Randa, R Ibanez and K Harvey scored.
  134. Top 3 B Mayne batting
  135. Top 3 Lineup Change
  136. Top 3 Lineup Change
  137. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  138. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  139. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  140. Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  141. Top 3 B Mayne struck out swinging.
  142. Top 3 A Berroa batting
  143. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  144. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  145. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  146. Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
  147. Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
  148. Top 3 A Berroa flied out to left.
  149. Bot 3 B Inge batting
  150. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  151. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  152. Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
  153. Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
  154. Bot 3 Pitch 5: foul
  155. Bot 3 Pitch 6: in play
  156. Bot 3 B Inge popped out to shallow right.
  157. Bot 3 R Santiago batting
  158. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  159. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  160. Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  161. Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
  162. Bot 3 R Santiago grounded out to shortstop.
  163. Bot 3 E Kingsale batting
  164. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  165. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  166. Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  167. Bot 3 Pitch 4: foul
  168. Bot 3 Pitch 5: ball 2
  169. Bot 3 Pitch 6: foul
  170. Bot 3 Pitch 7: foul
  171. Bot 3 Pitch 8: foul
  172. Bot 3 Pitch 9: ball 3
  173. Bot 3 Pitch 10: ball 4
  174. Bot 3 E Kingsale walked.
  175. Bot 3 B Higginson batting
  176. Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
  177. Bot 3 B Higginson singled to left center, E Kingsale scored.
  178. Bot 3 O Infante batting
  179. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  180. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  181. Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  182. Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
  183. Bot 3 O Infante flied out to center.
  184. Top 4 C Febles batting
  185. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  186. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  187. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  188. Top 4 C Febles grounded out to first.
  189. Top 4 M Tucker batting
  190. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  191. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  192. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
  193. Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  194. Top 4 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
  195. Top 4 M Tucker struck out looking.
  196. Top 4 J Randa batting
  197. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  198. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  199. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  200. Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  201. Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
  202. Top 4 J Randa singled to right.
  203. Top 4 M Sweeney batting
  204. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  205. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  206. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  207. Top 4 M Sweeney grounded out to third.
  208. Bot 4 C Pena batting
  209. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  210. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  211. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
  212. Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
  213. Bot 4 C Pena hit by pitch.
  214. Bot 4 D Young batting
  215. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  216. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  217. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  218. Bot 4 D Young struck out swinging.
  219. Bot 4 D Palmer batting
  220. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  221. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  222. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  223. Bot 4 D Palmer struck out swinging.
  224. Bot 4 E Munson batting
  225. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  226. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  227. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  228. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  229. Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
  230. Bot 4 E Munson grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Pena out at second.
  231. Top 5 R Ibanez batting
  232. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  233. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  234. Top 5 R Ibanez flied out to right.
  235. Top 5 K Harvey batting
  236. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  237. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  238. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
  239. Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
  240. Top 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
  241. Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
  242. Top 5 Pitch 7: in play
  243. Top 5 K Harvey walked.
  244. Top 5 D Brown batting
  245. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  246. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  247. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 3
  248. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  249. Top 5 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  250. Top 5 Pitch 6: ball 4
  251. Top 5 D Brown walked, K Harvey to second.
  252. Top 5 B Mayne batting
  253. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  254. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  255. Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
  256. Top 5 B Mayne homered to right, K Harvey and D Brown scored.
  257. Top 5 A Berroa batting
  258. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  259. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  260. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  261. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  262. Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
  263. Top 5 A Berroa grounded out to third.
  264. Top 5 C Febles batting
  265. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  266. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  267. Top 5 C Febles grounded out to shortstop.
  268. Bot 5 B Inge batting
  269. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  270. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  271. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  272. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  273. Bot 5 B Inge struck out looking.
  274. Bot 5 R Santiago batting
  275. Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
  276. Bot 5 R Santiago popped out to second.
  277. Bot 5 E Kingsale batting
  278. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  279. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  280. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  281. Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
  282. Bot 5 E Kingsale grounded out to third.
  283. Top 6 M Tucker batting
  284. Top 6 Lineup Change
  285. Top 6 Lineup Change
  286. Top 6 M Roney relieved W Ledezma.
  287. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  288. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  289. Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
  290. Top 6 M Tucker flied out to center.
  291. Top 6 J Randa batting
  292. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  293. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  294. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  295. Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
  296. Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
  297. Top 6 J Randa doubled to right.
  298. Top 6 M Sweeney batting
  299. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  300. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  301. Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
  302. Top 6 M Sweeney popped out to shallow right.
  303. Top 6 R Ibanez batting
  304. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  305. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  306. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  307. Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
  308. Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
  309. Top 6 R Ibanez fouled out to catcher.
  310. Bot 6 B Higginson batting
  311. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  312. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  313. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  314. Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
  315. Bot 6 B Higginson singled to center.
  316. Bot 6 O Infante batting
  317. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  318. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  319. Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
  320. Bot 6 O Infante tripled to left center, B Higginson scored.
  321. Bot 6 C Pena batting
  322. Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
  323. Bot 6 C Pena hit sacrifice fly to left, O Infante scored.
  324. Bot 6 D Young batting
  325. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  326. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  327. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  328. Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
  329. Bot 6 D Young reached on infield single to second.
  330. Bot 6 D Palmer batting
  331. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  332. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  333. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
  334. Bot 6 Pitch 4: foul
  335. Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
  336. Bot 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  337. Bot 6 D Palmer struck out swinging.
  338. Bot 6 E Munson batting
  339. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  340. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  341. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  342. Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
  343. Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  344. Bot 6 Pitch 6: ball 4
  345. Bot 6 E Munson walked, D Young to second.
  346. Bot 6 B Inge batting
  347. Bot 6 Lineup Change
  348. Bot 6 Lineup Change
  349. Bot 6 J Grimsley relieved J Affeldt.
  350. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  351. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  352. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
  353. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  354. Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 4
  355. Bot 6 B Inge walked, D Young to third, E Munson to second.
  356. Bot 6 R Santiago batting
  357. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  358. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  359. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  360. Bot 6 Pitch 4: foul
  361. Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
  362. Bot 6 Pitch 6: ball 3
  363. Bot 6 Pitch 7: foul
  364. Bot 6 Pitch 8: foul
  365. Bot 6 Pitch 9: foul
  366. Bot 6 Pitch 10: in play
  367. Bot 6 R Santiago doubled to right center, D Young, B Inge and E Munson scored.
  368. Bot 6 E Kingsale batting
  369. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  370. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  371. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  372. Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
  373. Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
  374. Bot 6 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  375. Bot 6 E Kingsale struck out swinging.
  376. Top 7 K Harvey batting
  377. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  378. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  379. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
  380. Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
  381. Top 7 K Harvey singled to left.
  382. Top 7 D Brown batting
  383. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  384. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  385. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
  386. Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
  387. Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
  388. Top 7 D Brown flied into double play, left to second to first, K Harvey doubled off first.
  389. Top 7 B Mayne batting
  390. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  391. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  392. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
  393. Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 1 (foul)
  394. Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
  395. Top 7 B Mayne singled to right.
  396. Top 7 A Berroa batting
  397. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  398. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  399. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
  400. Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Michael TuckerRF2-442200110.240.345.360
Joe Randa3B3-551300000.333.478.556
Mike Sweeney1B0-330010110.294.481.529
Raul IbanezLF1-441100100.391.444.522
Ken HarveyDH2-442200110.364.462.500
Dee BrownRP---------------------------
Rontrez JohnsonCF0-000000000.000.000.000
Brent MayneC3-551331010.600.571.950
Angel BerroaSS0-440000100.174.240.217
Carlos Febles2B0-440000000.263.300.368
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeremy AffeldtRP5.245536091-615.5691
Jason GrimsleyRP0.111111021-111.8021
Albie LopezRP2.000034038-164.9138
Mike MacDougalP1.010011016-80.0016

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Bobby HigginsonRF2-221210300.200.333.200
SS---------------------------
Carlos Pena1B1-330110020.133.263.200
Dmitri YoungLF1-441100030.077.077.077
Dean PalmerDH0-330000120.158.238.158
Eric Munson3B0-331000100.143.217.429
Brandon IngeC0-331000120.105.150.105
Ramon Santiago2B1-440130010.188.188.313
Gene KingsaleCF---------------------------
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jeremy BondermanRP2.145541060-2715.6360
Matt RoneyRP2.030000036-183.6036
Chris SpurlingP2.010021027-143.8627

Starting lineups

DET

  1. 1 Bobby Higginson RF
  2. 2 SS
  3. 3 Carlos Pena 1B
  4. 4 Dmitri Young LF
  5. 5 Dean Palmer DH
  6. 6 Eric Munson 3B
  7. 7 Brandon Inge C
  8. 8 Ramon Santiago 2B
  9. 9 Gene Kingsale CF

KC

  1. 1 Michael Tucker RF
  2. 2 Joe Randa 3B
  3. 3 Mike Sweeney 1B
  4. 4 Raul Ibanez LF
  5. 5 Ken Harvey DH
  6. 6 Dee Brown RP
  7. 7 Brent Mayne C
  8. 8 Angel Berroa SS
  9. 9 Carlos Febles 2B

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